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Adobe Photoshop CC (2015): The ultimate Guide for beginners to learn digital Photoshop the easy way

By Mark Klasfield

©copyright 2015 WE CANT BE BEAT LLC

2015 Adobe Photoshop CC Tutorial

Understand the ‘automatic perspective correction’ feature in Camera Raw Know about Radial Filter in Camera Raw:

Feature- About the Enhanced Spot Removal Tool in Camera Raw:

Know how to make the local adjustments in the Camera Raw: How to modify a Graduated Filter instance using the brush controls? What is sharpening and noise reduction in Camera Raw?

Lesson1: Introduction

What is Photoshop?

Photoshop is an image editing application which is used by many professional photographers and

designers It can be used for any kind of image editing so as to transform the snapshots and graphics intoimages that will take your words to the next level Photoshop has so many features; hence it is verypowerful application And that also makes it very expensive It may not be best option for photo/image editing if it is not going to be used professionally

quality graphics, and much, much more In this lesson, we'll introduce you to the Photoshop interface Itincludes how to open files, work with panels, customize the workspace, and change the display size.Photoshop is a complex application and it can feel a bit intimidating to use at first Because of this, werecommend downloading our example file along with the lesson (right-click the link to save it) Themore hands-on experience you have with Photoshop, the easier it will become to use

You can use Photoshop for almost any kind of image editing; such as touching up photos, creating high-

Opening files

Most of the times, you'll want to start by opening an existing photo rather than creating a new blankimage Photoshop allows you to open and edit existing image files, such as jpg or png files, as well

As Photoshop is designed primarily for professional use, the interface may feel a bit complex andintimidating for new users Even if you have some experience with other image editing software, it's agood idea to become familiar with the different parts of the Photoshop interface

Looking at the image below you can become more familiar with the Photoshop interface

The Tools panel

The Tools panel is one of the most important features in Photoshop—it's where you'll select differenttools for editing images Once you've chosen a tool, you'll be able to use it with the current document.Your cursor will change to reflect the currently selected tool

You can also click and hold to select a different tool For example, you can click and hold

the Rectangle tool to select different Shape tools, such as the Ellipse, Line, or Custom shape tools

Showing and hiding panels

You'll also be able to view and modify a lot of information about the current document through theother panels in the workspace For example; you can view the document's layers in the Layers panel Toshow or hide any panel, click the Window menu and then select the desired panel—currently visiblepanels are indicated by a check mark In the image below, we're using the Window menu to turn on theHistory panel

However, if you're planning to follow along with our tutorial, we recommend keeping most panels in thedefault location for now To reset the panels to their default positions, select Window then Workspace:Reset Essentials Note that this process may vary depending on which version of Photoshop you'reusing For example, in Photoshop Elements, you'll go to Window: Reset Panels

If you want to customize Photoshop, you can adjust the default application settings Most of these optionsare pretty technical, but we'd like to show you two basic adjustments you may find helpful

To adjust the default unit:

By default, a document's dimensions are measured in inches If you're not primarily editing images forprints, we recommend changing this setting to pixels

Select Edit->Preferences-> Units & Rulers If you're using a Mac, select Photoshop->Preferences ->Units &Rulers

A dialog box will appear Under Units, click the menu next to Rulers, select Pixels, and click OK You mayneed to quit and restart Photoshop for the changes to take effect

To adjust the text size:

If you'd like the text of the Photoshop interface to be larger or smaller, you can adjust the application's textsize

Select Edit -> Preferences -> Interface (or Photoshop right-arrow Preferences right-arrow Interface on aMac)

Under Text, click the menu next to UI Font Size, then select the desired size You may need to quit andrestart Photoshop for the changes to take effect

Changing the zoom level

When you're editing an image in Photoshop, you'll often be viewing it at less than 100% of its full size.That's because most modern digital cameras take large, high-resolution photos In fact, these images are solarge, that most computer screens can't display all of the pixels in the image at once This is actually agood thing, because it means you'll have extra detail to work with as you edit the image

If you want to zoom in or out, simply press Ctrl+ or Ctrl- (hold the Ctrl key and then press the + or - key) Ifyou're using a Mac, you'll press Command+ or Command-

In the example below, you can see a document at 44.4% of its full size Notice that you can see the currentzoom level at the top of the document window, as well as in the bottom-left corner of the screen

To zoom the image to fit the document window, press Ctrl+0 (hold the Ctrl key and then press the zerokey) If you're using a Mac, you'll press Command+0 Depending on your computer's graphics card, somezoom levels (such 33.33% and 66.67%) can cause the image to appear pixelated If this happens, you maywant to zoom to 25% or 50% instead

Use the Content-Aware Move tool

In the sky image, select the Content-Aware Move Tool (nested under the Spot Healing brush)

Use the Extend Mode

For the third image (the foliage image), select the Content-Aware Move Tool In the Options bar, selectExtend from the Mode menu

Under Adaption, enter 5 for Structure and 8 for Color The high Structure level will keep the foliage detailed,

Step 6 of 10:

Make the foliage appear to grow

Select a portion of the foliage with the tool, like the one in the example to the right Move your selection tothe right, to extend the foliage into the rocky area

Step 10 of 10:

Remove the Banana slug using the Patch tool

Set Adaptation values Try Structure = 5, and Color = 4 for this image The high structure level will keep therigidity of the tree bark, and a medium color adaption will blend in with the surrounding colors

With the Patch tool, draw a selection around the slug Drag your selection to the right of its current position.Release the mouse button and Photoshop heals the area

Photographs and images have found varied usages in the common life; images are required every time youwant to fill an application for a job or for a new course The issue arises when we need to resize the imageand keep its resolution intact Re-sizing is an easy thing but keeping up with the resolution is going to be atask Here we are going to leverage you with the requisite understanding of the image size and resolution.Caution: It is of great importance that you are saving the master file with all the layers intact at a differentlocation in your computer Saving a picture with the original size and resolution leverages you with theopportunity to do a lot of things with the picture and learn new things

Understanding Resolution: Resolution is the only complicated thing in the world of photography and

Photoshop You will have to develop an intricate understanding of this term to see eye to eye with thephotographers and with the clients The confusion increases by leaps and bounds when you realize thatthere are two different types of resolution in the world of digital photography

One of them is Dots per inch and the other one is Pixels per inch ‘Dots per inch’ is commonly referred to as

‘dpi’; and ‘Pixels per inch’ is referred to as ‘ppi’ ‘Pixels per inch’ is more prominent and preferred in thecontemporary world Dots per inch is more about printing on paper while Pixel per inch is about digitaltechnologies and manipulation of photos with the help of digital tools, without losing on to the quality of thepicture

Dots per inch (dpi): Dots per inch refers to the potential of an inkjet printer of applying dots over an inch

of the paper Dots per inch when printed with the help of an inkjet printer will also be dependent on theprinter for the quality of the picture The range of dots per inch varies from 720 to 2800 dots In recenttimes, the technological developments have increased it up to 3600 dots per inch The quality of the

picture depends on the closeness of the dots The closer the dots and better the mixing of colors will beand the photo will grow brighter and deeper in sense The blending of the color is going to affect the tone

of the color on the paper

The quality of paper is also responsible for the resolution of the picture On a simple white porous paper thesetting of 720 dpi works fine while when it comes to glossy paper with smooth texture, settings like 2800dpi are used for developing a quality output A higher setting is required because glossy papers are known

to soak up the ink faster than normal paper DPI is used whenever printing is discussed

Pixels per inch (ppi): Pixel per inch is discussed every time digital photography is mentioned Unlike the

case of dpi, here, digital changes and alteration is discussed instead of printing and type of paper Pixel perinch is all about the distance of pixels while developing a digital picture Pixels per inch are an importantsetting when aiming for high quality output At times, low setting is desirable while most of the times thesetting depends upon the kind of photography the photographer aims to do

How ppi works: For example, if you have a picture of 122 ppi then the pixels are going to be separated andnot overlapped The final photo must have closer pixels so that the picture looks flawless and smooth.Tips: A lot of professional photographers are not well versed with terms like ppi and dpi, they generally end

up mismatching each other There are going to be times when they will be using dpi in place of ppi and viceversa You will have to pay close attention to the image, technology (whether analog or digital) and decide

on your own

4 If you are looking forward to maintain the original ratio of the width or height measurement then youwill have to check mark on the option of Constrain Proportion Checking this option and clicking OK can giveyou liberty of maintaining original ration

5 You can select one of the following options:

• If you are planning to change the size or resolution of the image, you will have to see that you areselecting the resample size option available

• You will have to select the resample button, if you are planning to change the resolution of the imagewhile changing the size of the image

• Or you can go ahead with the resizing of the image without worrying about the resample button

6 You will now have to ensure that you are entering the values of the width and the height according toyour need In order to enter values, you will have to choose from the menus present next to the width andheight text boxes The new image file size will appear on the top side of the screen The dialog box will alsodisplay the current width and height of the image

7 For changing the Resolution of the image, you will have to enter the values You have the liberty ofselecting a different unit of measurement It will help you in understanding the nuances of the product withgreat ease

8 If your image has layers and there are styles applied to the layers of the image then you will have toselect Scale Style from the gear icon and then scale the effects in the resized image You can make use ofthis image only if you had selected Constrain Proportion option

9 Now that you have changed all the settings according to your need, it is time to do any of the

following:

You can change the width, or height of pixels and also that of document sizes

10 Click OK.

Preserve Details: this option will allow you to remove all the noise from the image The noise reductionoptions will help you in managing the smoothness of the photo

Bicubic Smoother: if you are aiming to enlarge the image then this is the best option The size of the image increases with great ease that too without losing its smoothness

Bicubic Sharpner: this tool allows you to alter the sharpness of the image With the efficient use of this toolyou will be able to increase the sharpness of the image and make it appear vivid

Bicubic Smoother: this tool will help you in smoothing the surroundings of the object in the image You canalso make use of complex calculators for managing the smoothness of the image and ensure that a highquality image appears

Nearest Neighbor: hard edges are going to dilute the quality of your image You will have to see that youare managing all the edges smoothly and make it look good and better With this tool you will be able topreserve the hard edges of the image

Bilinear: this method looks for the surrounding edges of the photos You can fix the issue with the help ofthis tool and make your image look prettier and amazingly beautiful

There’s a lot you can do with your images stored in some decrepitude folder, here are the rest of theamazing options you can depend on and create better images:

8 You will have to select the background scheme of the image and ensure that you are using it properly

9 Using the preset option select the best image setting for your new image

10 Click ok

11 Your image is ready Now you can make use of varied colors, image, graphics and patterns to makeyour image look really vivid and pretty

There are loads of options If you simply do not want to create an image then you can go ahead and

duplicate an image and make requisite changes into it for making it look prettier and healthier It is going tobenefit your overall color scheme and will make your graphic look really vivid

1 You will have to select and open the image you want to duplicate

2 Choose Image> Duplicate Click on the duplicate button to create a duplicate copy of the image

3 You will have to enter a new name and save the image according to it

4 There are loads of options you can make the best use of There are options like merge layers, selectduplicate merged You will have to preserve the layers of the image with the help of option Deselected

5 Now that you have done all that is required, it is time for you to click OK and finalize the image

1 Choose File> Open

2 Now that you have opened the image, it is time to do all the requisite tasks and make the image ofyour desire

3 Click on the open button and start making the image you desire

4 As soon as you click on the open button, a dialog box will appear and it will provide you with thedetails of the width, height and the color scheme of the image You can manipulate the data here to acquirethe desired results

5 You will have to select the name of the article you want to open If it is not opening, you will eitherhave to create it or check for it in the other directories

Note: To specify the number of files listed in the Open Recent menu, change the Recent File List Containsoption in the File Handling preferences Choose Edit > Preferences > File Handling (Windows), or Photoshop

> Preferences > File Handling (Mac OS)

In Photoshop, layers are utilized to take a shot at individual parts of a picture while not influencing differentparts You may say that layers are similar to straightforwardness Papers are stacked on top of each otherwhich can be repositioned and independently drawn on without aggravating each other Each of the thingsthere (comprising of a symbol and a name on a column) is a different layer One and only one layer can bechosen at once, and all alterations that you make in Photoshop just happen to the layer you are on (unlessthe change is a conformity layer itself)

Every layer has two cases to one side that show if the layer is unmistakable, chosen, or connected Bytapping on the "eye" symbol, you can conceal the layer Re-clicking on that case will make the layer

unmistakable once more While tapping on a layer's "eyecon", holding down the "choice" key, will shroudevery other layer Rehashing that stride will make all others obvious once more

All layers have an aggregate impact upon one another beginning with the layer that is on top The top layersupersedes all others, and the base ones show through where the top ones aren't obscure You can changethe haziness of every layer by selecting the obscurity in the upper right-hand corner of the palette

Layers can be moved so one is above another This rejects the foundation, which is bolted, and can't bemoved unless it is reclassified as a layer itself This is finished by double tapping on it A standout amongstthe most capable functionalities in Photoshop is the ability to overlay pictures and articles on top of oneanother, and after that change the general haziness of those layers, or specifically change the mistiness inspecific ranges of the layer

Darkness is straight forward This choice is found in the upper-right-hand corner of the Layers palette Itruns from 0 - 100% mistiness, and is extremely valuable when working with altering shading, sharpness, orwhatever other change

The essential thought is to either duplicate the Background Layer and make any conformity specifically to it(shading changes, honing, blurring, complexity, presentation, and so forth.) or make that modification in analteration layer Once you've made the balanced layer (either utilizing a copied layer or a genuine

conformity layer) then Go Overboard!! I mean it… permit yourself to go way sharp, way foggy, way red,way soaked, whatever you're doing, do it more than required

How about we discuss layer veil? A layer veil in Photoshop is connected to an individual layer, and is

unmistakable in the layers palette as a thumbnail which is connected to the layer's own particular

thumbnail At the point when a layer veil is in this manner connected, its capacity is to tell the Photoshopapplication how quite a bit of that layer will be unmistakable On the off chance that the layer veil does notcharacterize a range as being unmistakable, then it gets to be straightforward

As you see the veil thumbnail to one side of the layer thumbnail, you will see that it is immaculate white,unadulterated dark, or a two's blend

Immaculate White = That partition of the layer is 100% Visible

Immaculate Black = That partition is 100% imperceptible

Now and then you may make segments of the cover a level of dim This implies that it is not by any meansnoticeable or straightforward For this situation the hazy areas essentially have a diminished mistiness inthat particular area, much the same as bringing down the general murkiness, yet now it is restricted to thatrange

Layer Masks are available in Layers Picking "Uncover All" makes a white layer cover, and in this manner ituncovers everything Picking "Shroud All" makes a dark layer veil, and consequently conceals making so as

to make everything straightforward

You might likewise apply a cover speedier by clicking on the Layer Mask symbol in the Layers' base Palette.Essentially tapping on it makes a veil that uncovers all Choice/Alt - clicking makes a dark veil that concealsall In the event that you have been utilizing one of the choice instruments, and a layer's segment you are

on is chosen, as you make a layer veil, the bit chosen will be white on the cover (uncover all), and thesegment not chosen will be dark (shroud all)

You can really paint highly contrasting onto the layer veil (verify it is the cover itself you are painting on),and it will go about as however you seem to be "eradicating" and "painting" the layer now and again Verifyyour brush mode is set to "ordinary." You may paint with delicate edge brushes, and brought down

obscurity brushes; doing as such will permit you to "quill in" the edges and the layer itself

All through this instructional exercise, we will be talking about different shading and introduction

modification methods The vast majority of these instruments are accessible as a conformity layer Most ofthe picture changes that are accessible at Image/Adjustments are likewise accessible as alteration layers.Those modifications are effective, however every time you apply them, you are for all time changing thepicture's data For instance, on the off chance that you are "including" Magenta to a picture, you are verysmothering the commitment of Green to the picture (For more information on shading connections

perceive how light and shading work)

When that change is made, the old data is gone, and new inserted data is in its stead In the event that youever need to return to the first data you will need to insert it back Addition implies the product program(for this situation Photoshop) scientifically packs or contracts the old data, and chooses what the newvalues will be

Whatever alteration you pick will appear as a control panel that you can modify, and once connected itturns into a layer, for example, the highlighted one in the picture below For this situation, that layer is abends conformity layer

You may ask why this theme gets its own segment, that implies you either know everything to blendingsystems, or you know next to no and don't perceive how effective it can be

Opening the foundation is a vital step The foundation can't be moved unless it is re-imagined as a layer.This is finished by double tapping on it You can in any case name it foundation on the off chance that youneed However, the default name that Photoshop tries to dole it out is "layer 0"

When the foundation is reclassified as a layer, not just would you be able to set layers beneath it, you canlikewise achieve straightforwardness through it Typically, with a foundation, on the off chance that youeradicate the foundation, or expand the canvas size, what shows through is the foundation shading on theshading palette, whatever that is

This information may not straightforwardly relate to blending, but rather knowing how to reclassify thefoundation will spare some combining migraines

Frequently you will need to join two layers into one, so that change you make (which isn’t layer

conformities) will apply to them too Alert: once layers are converged, there is no doing a reversal!! The twoare inseparably associated (at any rate they are difficult to discrete)

On the off chance that you need to have a layer to play around with, and still keep up the first layers, readMerging Visible, beneath Different explanations behind blending two layers are to set a vector-based thing

or a style

Vector-based things incorporate shapes (lines, circles, and so forth.) attracted Photoshop, and sort Each ofthese things is made of vectors, and is just rasterized when you are not taking a shot at its layer As avector picture rather than a bitmap, or rasterized picture, a few apparatuses can't be successfully

connected to it

All things considered, you can make another layer (second symbol from the privilege on base of layerpalette), which will be straightforward of course Place it beneath the vector layer and select Merge Down

It additionally helps in perceiving how far you've come in making conformities in the event that you havenumerous layers over the foundation picture - you can flip on and off the work's majority you've done.

This is the most ideal approach to blend You will be making a completely new layer that comprises of thegreater part of alternate layers that are noticeable

You can blend every single obvious layer onto a current layer; however you will then lose the solidarity ofthat specific layer Rather, you ought to make another layer, which will be clear and straightforward ofcourse

With this new layer chosen, and ideally on top of the stack (I'll let you know why in a brief moment), holddown the alternative (alt key for PC clients), while selecting Merge Visible This duplicates the various layersand consolidations their data onto the new layer

This layer ought to frequently be on the highest point of the stack, particularly if there are modificationlayers This is on the grounds that every single unmistakable layer, including conformity layers is

converged into the new layer without being lost On the off chance that you make this new, combined layerand it wasn't over the conformity layers, but instead dwells underneath them, it will be getting thosemodifications twice!

Once in light of the fact that the alterations are currently some piece of the new layer, and twice on thegrounds that they are under the change layers still! With this new consolidated layer you have the capacity

to make changes in accordance with the greater part of the combined layers immediately, or duplicate thelayer and have the advantage of replicating all layers together without leveling

Working with mix modes is quite often an exploratory procedure Since it's difficult to anticipate the

outcomes, you generally appear to wind up exploring different avenues regarding distinctive modes and FillOpacities until you get the outcomes you're searching for

In this article I'm going to give you an abnormal state perspective of what the different mix modes do, andafterward I'll dive more profound into the stray pieces of the mix modes by clarifying a math's portionincluded, and their interrelationships with one another I'm not going to "demonstrate to" you how the mixmodes work—I'm going to "clarify" how they work When you wrap up this article, you ought to have asuperior thought of how to utilize mix modes and where to start your "experimentation," which thusly ought

to lessen the time it takes to accomplish the outcomes you're searching for

The Opacity slider in the Layers Panel permits you to mix the dynamic layer with the layers beneath bymaking the dynamic layer translucent, which thus permit the layers underneath to demonstrate through.The mix modes found in Photoshop permit the same procedure to happen, however by utilizing distinctivescientific estimations for every mix mode As of Photoshop CS5, there are 27 mix modes—2 new mixmodes, Subtract and Divide, where as of late included Any progressions made utilizing mix modes areparametric, i.e., the progressions are non-dangerous, and you can simply return to your mix mode settingsand straighten out them as required without harming the pixels in your unique picture

The larger part of mix modes have console alternate routes To utilize these alternate routes, your presentinstrument must be an option that is other than one of the devices found in the depiction and altering area

of the Tools Panel (where the Brush Tool, Healing Brush, Stamp, Eraser, and so on are discovered—see theoutline beneath) This is on account of the instruments in the canvas and altering area have mix modesettings they could call their own, and in the event that you have one of these apparatuses chose, their mixmode alternatives will overshadow the mix mode choices found in the Layers Panel For instance, on the offchance that you utilize Shift+Option+M to change to the Multiply mix mode while you have the Paintapparatus chosen, the Paint instrument's mix mode will be changed to Multiply, not the mix mode choice inthe Layers Panel The uplifting news is that these same mix mode alternate ways DO work for the artisticcreation devices; you simply need to pay consideration on what apparatus you have chosen when youutilize the easy routes

It's likewise conceivable to look up or down the mix mode list by utilizing the console mixes Shift+ (looksdown the mix mode rundown), or Shift-(looks up the mix mode list) These console alternate routes likewisework diversely relying upon what apparatus you have chosen in the Tools Panel For instance, on the offchance that you have the Paint device chosen and you utilize Shift+, the mix mode for the Paint device willlook down to the following mix mode in the rundown (not the mix mode in the Layers Panel)

There are likewise console alternate routes for changing the Standard Opacity and Fill Opacity settings inthe Layers Panel To utilize these alternate ways, your present apparatus must be an option that is otherthan one of the devices found in the work of art and altering area of the Tools Panel To change the

Standard Opacity utilizing the console, simply hit a number For instance, you can change the mistiness tohalf by hitting the 5 key, or change the murkiness to 100% by hitting the 0 key On the off chance that youpress the 0 key two times rapidly, you'll change the darkness to 0% You can even squeeze two distinctnumbers in grouping For instance you can set the obscurity to 35% by squeezing the 3 key immediatelytook after by the 5 key

Changing the Fill Opacity works utilizing the same method, yet you have to utilize the Shift key when hitting

a number For instance, to set the Fill Opacity to 33%, utilization the console blends Shift+33 These

console alternate ways additionally work when one of the instruments in the artwork and altering area ofthe Tools Panel is chosen, however by and by; the mix mode settings for these apparatuses outweigh the mix mode settings in the Layers Panel For instance, on the off chance that you have the Paint apparatus chosen and you utilize the console mix 22, the darkness for the Paint instrument will be changed to 22% One thing to note is that there isn't a Fill Opacity setting for any of the devices in the artistic creation and altering segment, be that as it may, an instruments' percentage do have a Flow setting (the Brush Tool for instance) For those instruments that have a Flow setting, utilizing Shift+number will change the Flow for the chose apparatus For instance, in the event that you utilize Shift+22 with the Paint apparatus chosen,the Flow for the Paint instrument will be set to 22

Each of the mix modes in the Darken gathering has an inverse (integral) mode in the Lighten bunch These

"alternate extremes" utilize marginally distinctive math to touch base at their outcomes, yet the rationalethey utilize is comparative yet turned around For instance, with the Darken mix mode, if the pixels on thedynamic layer are darker than the ones on the layers beneath, they are kept in the picture The inverse mixmode to Darken is Lighten, and with the Lighten mix mode, if the pixels on the dynamic layer are lighterthan the ones on the layers underneath, they are kept in the picture

There are 8 mix modes that I'll be alluding to as the "Exceptional 8." These mix modes carry on diverselywhen Fill Opacity is balanced, contrasted with when standard Opacity is balanced The mix modes thataren't individuals from this Special 8 gathering respond the same to both Fill and Opacity changes

(accepting there are no Layer Effects), yet with these Special 8 mix modes, 40% Opacity will look not thesame as 40% Fill, or 30% Opacity will look not the same as 30% Fill, and so on For the majority of the othermix modes (the modes that aren't a Special's piece 8), 40% Opacity appears to be identical as 40% Fill, or20% Opacity has a striking resemblance as 20% Fill, and so forth This is an imperative idea to comprehend,

in light of the fact that it can broaden the abilities of these mix modes For instance, the Hard mix modemore often than not doesn't look all that incredible, yet when you alter the Fill Opacity for this mode, youcan get some awesome results

To understand the concept of Masking in Photoshop and its importance in some areas, we first need tounderstand what Masking actually means In simple non-technical terms, Masking seems to be putting acovering over something completely or partially It is more or less the same in the Photoshop too

Most of us in the beginning have a fear of the term and think that it is above our understanding limits I tellyou that if you know how to use the Move tool in Photoshop and basic tools then you do not have to panic

It is a concept that uses the simplest things you know and creates a beautiful looking effect that seems to

be very tough to create

In technical terms, Masking is providing transparency in general You would wonder if opacity would do thesame job It is not actually so The opacity makes the complete layer transparent or opaque while throughmasking you can actually provide transparency in certain selected areas For example, you have twoimages, which you want to club together and the images have different backgrounds Then, you can domasking of the images of the areas you want to club

In all, Masking is the non-destructive method of making certain wanted parts of an image visible over otherlayered image It provides the best, most efficient and future oriented approach to editing It marks theability and efficiency of a graphic designer

You may find it not so easy for you to understand it now This is because this is the first time you arelooking towards this I will advise you to be patient Because, it is rightly said by a great man ‘Everythinglooks very difficult before it looks easy to you’ When you firstly look at any new thing, it may definitely lookconfusing to you and this confusion is the test actually If you leave this here and fail, you may develop aninborn fear in you for the same thing and might never get it It is always an advice that whenever you startlearning a new thing, you should be very patient Give relevant time to it, no matter you do not get it Withtime, you will definitely start grasping and correspondingly you will develop an interest in it Once youdevelop an interest in a thing, then you do not need any motivation, you will yourself look for ways to learn

it anyhow Hence, you should always wait for the time to come when you start developing an interest intothe subject matter

I will explain every single step and type of masking in detailed and descriptive manner After this chapter,you will find yourself completely comfortable with the tool I guarantee you will be a fan of the tool andalways think of editing using the same You will find different types of images to mask and will realize thedesigner lust for the tool A good masking defines good and efficient editing

Wedding albums these days have lot many masked images of wedding couples and familymembers that provide a beautiful impact to the viewer You can again create masks of imagesyou already have in your collection and give them a new look.

These images may find their use in Facebook and other social networking site updates Theseare very common to see these days You may find many such updates from people or pages andwonder about their innovation Now, you can easily understand the sources and it is no more asuspense to you You can also create some innovative masked images and post on your timeline

to make people wonder

They may work for some technical purposes, wherein you need to keep fewer pictures and morecontents Here, you mask pictures with contents over each other and use them worthwhile

Masking is thus a very vital and easy to use tool in Photoshop It is easy to understand and once you gethandy with it, you can find your own new applications for the tool You can use it for as many purposes asyour innovative mind brings you the ideas It has an unlimited scope of innovation and perfection

This is the very first question that clicks a beginner’s mind while he reads the definition of Masking It is anactually good that you come up with such a question This is because you must have heard of ‘You getsolutions only if you have questions’ Hence, things will only get clear to you in Photoshop when you thinkfor those, you find relativities among them and try to understand why you chose this particular tool.Otherwise, in an application so bulky and technical like Photoshop, you may need a lot of time to get handy

with And you will still have questions pending unanswered in your mind

Now, talking about the benefits-The first and basic benefit of using masking technique over the opacity method is that inopacity, you will have to use eraser tool to remove the pixels These pixels are removed from theunwanted areas of the overlying image Removing of the pixels is never a problem you will say If

in case you need the complete image in future then you will not be able to retain anyhow Thisfactor makes the opacity reducing method less successful and less feasible than masking.Masking provides transparency to the selected certain areas and is a one-step process againstthe opacity method which involves precision erasing of data This method is much simpler andeasier to apply than others

It gives more accuracy and less chances of damage to the original image

It consumes much lesser time than any other method and looks attractive to use

left side of a layer to be at 30%, you would use a mask

When you add the mask to any layer, it shall cover the entire thing with an invisible looking greyscalecanvas There are ways to see it that we will check out later but just keep in mind that like a general rule,applying a mask to a layer won’t cause any immediate visual differences unless you have an activeselection at the time

On this invisible canvas, you can paint White, Black or any level of Grey in-between The color that youpaint tells Photoshop how opaque to make the pixels at that point White means 100% opacity and blackmeans 0% opacity

Although, clipping masks are very similar to layer masks The only difference is that you use one layer to

determine the transparency of another in the layer mask In this scenario, you stack two layers on top ofeach other with the bottom being the determining factor of the transparency of the top

Instead of using values of black and white, though, clipping mask borrows transparency from the layerssimply used to make them, namely the bottom layer If the bottom layer has some areas, that are opaqueand some areas that are transparent, a clipping mask will apply these values to the top layer

There are several features or say proceedings which you need to understand before going through theactual procedure This is like making a complete knowledge of the weapons before landing into a warsituation If you are unaware of the weapons or their use, you may lose your life or may threat someoneelse’s Similarly, here you must first get handy with the operations of masking the layers and thenwhenever you need to perform any of the operation, you will not have to think or find your notes for lookingthe procedure of the operation you thought to perform With the perfection of the small things comes theexcellence in editing and designing features Given and explained below are some of the operations, whichform the basis of masking or say Layer mask It is advised to practice all of them independently one afterthe other for some time, so that when you are following the procedure of masking you do not hesitate inbetween and fluently go with the flow This will resist you from irritation and bring perfection in you easily